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MONTBELIARD, SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY
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A French ormolu-mounted kingwood, tulipwood, marquetry and parquetry bureau de dame
Montbeliard, second half 18th Century
The rounded rectangular top inlaid with quarter-veneered shaped rectangular panels, above a hinged sloping-flap inlaid with a C-scroll cartouche-shaped panel to the front and a gilt-tooled green leather- lined writing-surface to the reverse, enclosing a fitted interior with three central pigeon-holes above a well flanked to either side by two stepped pigeon-holes above two stepped drawers, above two short and one long drawer, the waved sides inlaid with shaped parquetry panels, on splayed legs terminating in foliate pierced cabochon clasps, the drawers stamped Anc/Montbeliard and Montbeliard, restorations
102.5cm. high x 103cm. wide x 57cm. deep
Montbeliard, second half 18th Century
The rounded rectangular top inlaid with quarter-veneered shaped rectangular panels, above a hinged sloping-flap inlaid with a C-scroll cartouche-shaped panel to the front and a gilt-tooled green leather- lined writing-surface to the reverse, enclosing a fitted interior with three central pigeon-holes above a well flanked to either side by two stepped pigeon-holes above two stepped drawers, above two short and one long drawer, the waved sides inlaid with shaped parquetry panels, on splayed legs terminating in foliate pierced cabochon clasps, the drawers stamped Anc/Montbeliard and Montbeliard, restorations
102.5cm. high x 103cm. wide x 57cm. deep
Special notice
Christie's charge a buyer's premium of 20.825% of the hammer price for lots with values up to NLG 200,000. If the hammer price exceeds the NLG 200,000 then the premium is calculated at 20.825% of the first NLG 200,000 plus 11.9% of any amount in excess of NLG 200,000.
Sale room notice
Please note that the estimate should read NLG 20.000 - NLG 30.000